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Local History
Visit our "in process" and recently digitized collections enabled by grants from the Reading Celebration Trust
Antique Postcard Collection
Reading Photograph Collection
Resources available in the
Reading Public Library
Miriam Barclay - Eleanor Bishop
Local History Room:
- Vital Records 1644 - 1975
- Town Reports 1847 - Present
- Street Lists 1907 - Present
- Maps (1647 earliest)
- Books on Reading History
- Genealogical Resources - Reading,
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Reading Chronicle 1854 – Present
(Indexed 1974 - Present)
- Real Estate Valuations
- Town Budget Proposals
- Town Meeting Warrants
- School Committee Agendas
- Official Meeting Minutes
- RMHS Yearbooks 1892 - present(with gaps)
- Vital Records of many MA towns
- Plans and Proposals such as:
Walkers Brook
RMHS
93 & 128 Interchange
- Recreation Studies
- Police Department Policy
- Vertical files
Town information
School information
Population records
People file
- Architectural inventory
- Photograph index
Resources in the Local History room are available for use in the Library during regular Library hours.
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Ask us a local history question:
- We'll research your query and find an answer or refer you to another source. Please
be as specific as possible in order for us to respond to you quickly and accurately.
- Don't forget to include your
correct E-Mail address and phone number.
- For in-depth research consider
making an appointment with Rachel Baumgartner, our Local History Librarian. You can do this by emailing
or by leaving a message at the Information Desk 781 942-9103.
Please fill in the
following information:
You will receive an E-Mail
response acknowledging the receipt of your question
within three business days.
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